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Designers share their Favorite Rooms
by Carol Maryott
Carol Maryott, Maryott Custom Interiors " My favorite room includes my recent
design of a small guest room that has a strong touch of Hollywood Regency style.
The walls are lemon yellow and the queen-size Brazil Iron Bed from Wesley Allen
creates the focal point of the room"
"The bed is covered with a tailored cream-colored comforter that has barely
discernible, tiny squares in the pattern. Four boxed pillow shams complete the
bed ensemble, along with the box-pleated bed skirt, giving the room a boutique
hotel room look."
"The paintings above the bed - illustrations, similar to wardrobe drawings of
that era; one of an elegantly dressed woman walking a panther and the other of
an elegantly dressed woman with an umbrella walking a cheetah - echo the exotic
flavor of the corner chair with the seat covered in dark leather and the back
and sides in a black and white zebra pattern stripe painted on genuine cowhide.
"
"The chair has an interesting classic design with a distressed dark finish, a
simulated Klismos back and Louis XVI legs. The mirrored door chest table to the
left of the bed features a black granite top with a block crystal base lamp with
an ivory square shade. Next to the lamp near the bed sits an automatic electric
monophone - an original antique telephone, definitely Art Deco, with the
original Bakelite finish and an art deco logo design that reads: Strowger P.A.X.
41."
"The phone still works in spite of its 75 years. The phone was the competitor of
the Western Electric model 202 in the 1930s. Other accessories include black and
white hat boxes with three Art Deco designs, black and white vases in organic
shapes, and a large black and white canvas of Paris in 1929. A distressed
luggage rack with a lower shelf that resembles a dark bamboo sits underneath the
sole window."
"A book on the in-depth work of George Hurrell, the photographer who was
responsible for inventing the Hollywood glamour portrait, is front and center on
the distressed wood and antiqued mirror console piece by John Richard that is
placed against the wall directly in front of the bed with a closely matching
framed mirror above. Heavily liked silk drapery panels that fold onto the floor
are trimmed with a cream colored 1-inch border, and the matching box pleated
valance features a 1-inch bottom border. The cream trim tied in the bed cover
and window treatment."
What is Hollywood Regency? The history: the style originated in Southern
California in 1930 and remained in vogue through the 1960s. It is a playful
modern combination of English and French Regency, Greek Revival and old
Hollywood.
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